New to the forum so hello everyone and thanks in advance for any advice!
Looking at upgrading my current Giant XTC frame to something a little more chuckable, fun and most importantly single speed compatible (although would be good to have sliding/swap out capabilities also). Trying to keep the spend under £200, possibly going to be looking 2nd hand.
Been looking for a while and the obvious target seems to be a On-One Scandal with the swap-out dropouts, but not 100% convinced.
Can anyone suggest an alternative frame to the Scandal?
Thanks in advance, any help is greatly appreciated.
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Monday special offer: £150 posted and I'll throw in the headset and a seatclamp. Also has the geared dropouts with it.
To be fair the on-ones are hard to beat.
Surly's 1x1 is a good option also.
Second hand you may find a salsa al a carte which is a great ride.
Scandal chuckable and fun? Aren't they a racey frameset?
That Kenesis sounds perfect tbh.
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=41226 ]2011 Sanchez[/url]
[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=82578 ]2012 Sanchez[/url]
My SS frame;
Cove Sanchez
Depends what you mean my chuckable, tough yes, light no.
For XC I just put a really tall seat post in and some SPDs. It's more designed with 'fun' stuff in mind, not competitive.
It has a rear mech' hanger, horizontal drop-outs. £110 if you get the Red frame (2011) - a little less DJ and more XC (kind of)
or
£170 for the 2012 frames which are a little more DJ and less XC
But they both are designed to be DJ frames.
Thanks for replies, some good options.
@wwaswas The kinesis looks ideal - if you still have by payday (Thurs) then I will almost certainly take it off your hands!
Don't think you can get a 26in Scandal with swapouts at the mo. I wouldn't describe the 29in version as especially chuckable. You won't go far wrong with a 26in slot dropout Inbred. Very versatile, pretty tough and cheap as chips.
I've just bought a fire eye flame off CRC cheap as chips which runs a long fork and should be pretty versatile. Also had the kinesis and it was great.
I have one of these, it's stripped at the mo but I defo came out on the L side
http://www.dialledbikes.com/products/mtb/love-hate.php
I've got a few singlespeed frames for sale.
Evil Faction (long).
Cove Sanchez.
Genesis IO (17.5 seat tube/medium).
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Sanderson Soloist. Mines great with 120mm Revs. The EBB works a treat. I'm still trying to get the "engineered" mech hanger to work with a clutch mech. Easier option would be an Alfine.
Excellent work everyone.
So I have basically been able to narrow it down to the following:-
Genesis IO
Kinesis Virsa
Voodoo Wanga
On One Scandal
Anyone got any opinions/experience of which one is bestest out of this list?
my one 🙂
well yes wwaswas, obvs.
I'll stop now.
On One Whippet? Love my SS Whippet 🙂
I have the whippet too, very nice bike and ideal light ss
its supposed to be similar geometry to scandal
more xc racer than chuckable bike tho
I vote Genesis IO
I've has On One, Surly and Genesis. I still have and love the On One (Inbred) the Surly, heavy but will probably out last me and the Genesis, I didn't like it, it felt wooden to me, long gone...
I've got one of the older Whyte 19' s with sliding style dropouts - I'd sell for a mere £120 posted if you're interested? email in profile is best way to get in touch 🙂
Inbred & Whippet exactly same geo - just one's carbon and one's steel. Think Scandal may be exactly same too but alu?